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https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/astronauts-prepare-return-moon/
The U.S. is working to send humans back to the moon for the
first time since the 1970s and NewsNation got a first look at the
training astronauts are undergoing in preparation.
NASA and the Department of Defense are leading the exercises
in preparation for the first crewed Artemis flight set to fly
around the moon and back in 2025.
Off the coast of San Diego, California, astronauts are
undergoing rigorous training for the 10-day mission that
will travel roughly 685,000 miles around the moon.
. . .
Ummmmmmmm ... they couldn't even land the most recent
probe without it tipping over plop .........
You'd THINK the ability to do fully-autonomous landings,
properly, would have improved since the 70s - but that
does not seem true. The Apollo missions all required
very close human attention - and piloting - to avoid
total disaster.
Today they'd rely on automatics far more ... and clearly
the tech does not really exist. SHOULD - but doesn't.
In *theory* it's not very difficult, but the "practice"
part is not encouraging. Both Japan and the USA rolled
snake-eyes within a couple of weeks. China seems to be
having more success.
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